My E46 Bmw 3 series Coupe install *UPDATED almost FINISHED*

jeff · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:36 pm Post subject:

any pics of the front stage?

carfreak1024 · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject:

slacker_jack · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject:

all I want to know is:

ent they stopped making oz audio? where does he get these things from? I know mr pimptacular dares to be different with his equipment but I am curious now. or were these salvaged from the other car.

what is he going to do with that mtx amp in the back of the car there since I see no plans for it.

pimptacular · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

Sully- I used Gorilla Wood glue

car freak pretty is not really my thing, i rather simple but effective..fiberglass amp rack? not for me its too much work and not necessary for me as im not competing again or going to be showing off my trunk..

so im doing a false floor with a top so i could atleast maintain a little trunk space..so it would sorta be a stealth install because obviously you would see a big sub box steering you in the face..

JEFf i havent gotten to the front stage yet..but midbass in the doors, midrange in the kicks and tweeters on the doors in stock location but this could change maybe..

slacker jack- yes JTI sadly stopped manufacturing the oz audio line but i've had the 3 way set more than 2 years and i used it for a few months then took it out and then i huff kurpal v2 the 2way components 5.25 which i used when i competed.. you can find them floating around but they dont come by very often

the mtx amp is just gonna collect dust or saved for a rainy day, i might even put it to use in the van i have in trinidad with morel components

so i woke up an started cutting board and working on the amp rack, now this is just an idea to test and make sure everything is lined up

now the floor has 2 pices a base and a top now i know the top looks crooked as hell only because its not yet secured and i used 2 scrap peices just to get the idea of what i have to do next so here are the pics

btw the little amp rack in the corner is for the dls 2 channel

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slacker_jack · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject:

X_Factor · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject:

slacker_jack, im sure u know that this isnt local rite?

slacker_jack · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:34 pm Post subject:

pioneer · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:51 am Post subject:

pioneer · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:26 am Post subject:

I guess slackerjack never saw ah LHD car in he life Neutral

slacker_jack · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject:

southside connections · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject:

left had drive - LHD Laughing

slacker_jack · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:13 am Post subject:

rigman00 · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject:

ok the spamming....pimp please continue

pioneer · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:

updates?

pimptacular · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject:

did some more work on it today

dont you just love mdf dust Neutral

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changed the amplifiers from horizontal to vertical because for 2 reasons
1) i have much more space to work with say i have to tweak anything on the amps
2) the wiring of both amplifiers wouldve made it look a bit messy because of all the wires coming out in a small area..plus when i did the mazda i made the mistake of drilling the holes coming through the false floor too close to the amps and that made it a pain to get my power and ground terminations done properly so SR wouldnt flame me for a single loose strand Laughing

but anyway the space between the 2 amplifiers left for wiring if it was horizontally i wouldve encountered a similar problem

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the top isnt secured yet and i'm doing the top in such a way i can easily access those amplifiers.. yet it wouldnt budge

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the a2 wont be visble but would be partially accessable where it is mounted..

whats left to do is, cut the door frame to mount my midbass driver, make the pod for the midrange, wire and carpet the trunk and im done

pioneer · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:09 pm Post subject:

nice box

adopson · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:43 pm Post subject:

keep it up pimp..you on the right track...remember personal protective equipment is important.. try and get a full face respirator...we all know about that mdf dust

pimptacular · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject:

lol, yea and real credit to you dopson Laughing

if it wasnt for you an watchin you install music i wouldve been in over my head Laughing

rigman00 · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject:

awww how tweet #Fade in

pimptacular · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:05 am Post subject:

lol i waiting for the place to warm up so i can clean up the garage so i make more space to finish up the install the weather hav been not nice but i shouldd be done in about 2 weeks maxx hopefully

pimptacular · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject:

ok so i encounter a few more problems, i had to change my midbass drivers because it suffered some damage from the crash car and i didnt notice it till just recently..that is on its way..
i couldve tried to make it work for short term but even then the mounting depth was a problem as bmw had the ingenious idea of putting the window rail dead smack in the middle of where one would use mount their speaker in the door.. so i have literally almost zero mounting depth

my plan is to still cut the hole in the door but stack baffles ontop 1 another to get the depth i need..also the new driver is much more shallow so this should work out nicely..

im just awaiting on a few things to arrive from parts express like carpet and acoustic foam..

also once again I have had to re arrange my amps a bit after looking over a few things..the arrangement i showed in the last picture cannot work as the a2 because i would encounter 1 or 2 other lil problems so to eliminate it completely im going to
put it with the A4 and A6..it would be a much tighter fit but i think it would be better suited there..

i also fiberglassed my kicks just to pull the cloth and finish up..as i said the weather havent been too nice lately along with school have been keeping me back..then having to wait and check mail everyday to see if anything new arrives so i can make some progress

rigman00 · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

gd man progress

Sully · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:23 am Post subject:

pimptacular, do you have pics of the glass work you did on the kicks?

pimptacular · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:39 am Post subject:

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also that grille took hours to find online as a 4" grill not easy to find and even that as u can see isnt a 4" grill..its actually 4 1/2" ... the mounting holes was is an extention like ears to the speaker which made it so frustrating to find..

progress at a stand still for now as i'm awaiting quite a few stuff in the mail

i did cut out the rings for the driver just didnt take any pics of it..

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also as i explained before the picture above shows the window rail..this is only in the coupes..so as you can see i have very limited mounting depth hence i had to change my midbass drivers coupled with the fact they sustained some damage from the accident i had which i didnt pick up on..

pimptacular · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:04 am Post subject:

arite so i spend some more time on the car today..

cutting out the baffles for the midbass and the midrange

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can anyone guess what midbass driver this is? #Fade in

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carpeting the sub box

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box and cover for the amp rack finished product..first time i carpeted a box and came out pretty decent.

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jeff · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:30 am Post subject:

TintMan · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:33 am Post subject:

southside connections · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:28 am Post subject:

SR · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject:

these work well in the stock locations in most bmw doors

http://dls.se/en/car/prod.html?produkt=en_581

carfreak1024 · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: